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The Pokrovsk offensive is an ongoing military operation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Armed Forces with the primary goal of capturing the strategic city of Pokrovsk in western Donetsk Oblast.
The shelling of Russian-controlled Donetsk was an attack that occurred on 21 January 2024, during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Artillery shells hit a market in the Donetsk, killing at least 27 people. [1] Russia accuses Ukraine of launching the strike; Ukraine denies the attack.
Pokrovsk, situated about 18 kilometres (11 miles) from the boundary of Ukraine's Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions, has for months been the area of the fiercest battles in Russia's 33-month-old ...
The ISW reported that Russian forces had suffered an estimated 80,110 casualties during intensified offensive efforts against Kupyansk in Kharkiv Oblast and Selydove, Kurakhove, and Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast in September and October 2024, or "roughly 20,000 more casualties than US forces suffered during almost 20 years of operations in Iraq ...
A home destroyed as a result of the shelling Ruins of the house. On 6 January 2024, at around 3:00 pm local time, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Army launched an S-300 missile attack against a residential building in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, as a result of which 12 people died, including 6 children.
On 18 July 2024, Russian forces began an offensive with the goal of capturing the strategically important city of Pokrovsk. [1] [2] [3] Pokrovsk serves as an important supply route and as a transportation hub for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
On the morning of 4 June 2023, Russia reported Ukraine had begun a major offensive in five areas of the frontline in southern Donetsk Oblast. [1] The Institute for the Study of War also reported that Ukraine had launched operations as part of "wide counteroffensive efforts". [ 2 ]
Between June and October 2023, Ukrainian forces made significant strides in southern Donetsk Oblast during their counteroffensive against Russian positions. On June 4 they achieved limited gains around Rivnopil and southwest of Velyka Novosilka, sparking speculation about a broader counteroffensive. [32]